Country nominees for the Radio Hall of Fame class of 2026 are WXTU/Philadelphia's Andie Summers, Silverfish's Big D & Bubba and WHN/New York's Lee Arnold. Voting by more than 1,000 radio industry pros begins Friday (4/24) and closes May 8. The induction ceremony will be held Oct. 8 at Chicago's Fairmont Hotel.
Also announced this morning, Shania Twain will host the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards May 17 in Las Vegas. The show streams live at 7pm CT on Prime Video from the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Previously announced performers are Cody Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert and Riley Green.
Sleeve Me Too: The Core/Mercury's Josh Ross (c) with WFMS/Indianapolis' Matt Malone and Brooks O’Brian.
Half Of My Heart Like A Truck: Broken Bow's Lainey Wilson talks headlining Stagecoach and advice from Melissa Etheridge with John Mayer for his SiriusXM channel (ch. 14).
Signage: Singer/songwriter/producer Tina Parol signs with Curb | Word Music Publishing. Pictured (back, l-r) are Curb’s Trevor Mathiesen and Jonathan Mason; (front, l-r) Curb’s Bryan Stewart, Parol and Curb’s John Nemoy.